The children of the night, what sweet music they make

DarkJager · 10-06-2008 8:42pm #1

I'd like to start a thread for my fellow insomniacs, simply to provide some much needed soundtracking for the early hours. So what do you listen to? What tracks make the race to sunrise more relaxing for you?

Personally I have to have a bit of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DLnUwUpnb8

And a bit of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z44I5sNh364

And for those nights I've got a nice bag of chronic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeD5it2Ahxk

So really a mixed bag of sorts!!

LovelyTom · 10-06-2008 8:48pm

I like to listen to The Prodigy at night

Keeps me pumped

Red Hand · 10-06-2008 8:49pm

Golden Brown-Stranglers

Walk on by-Stranglers

Nice and sleazy-Stranglers

Haha, just kidding, I don't have a preferred genre. I hate rap/r and b/sh*te, though.

Doctor DooM · 10-06-2008 8:49pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd3a189vcVc

In honour of our wonderful new forum!

DarkJager · 10-06-2008 8:50pm

LovelyTom wrote: »

I like to listen to The Prodigy at night

Keeps me pumped

I like prodigy and assorted other bangin choons mainly on the weekend...when I'm in a sufficient state of mind!!

Dragan · 10-06-2008 8:52pm

During the night time i will normally listen to quieter stuff because my flatmate would be asleep. John Butler Trio, Jeff Buckley and Fat Freddy's Drop all made the list last night, as a sample. I'll actually keep track in future and let you know what i end up listening to!

Ruu_Old · 10-06-2008 8:53pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvDYAwBeMg4

Dragan · 10-06-2008 9:12pm

This song has been really floating my boat while the poor innocents sleep!:eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDgS6qLsVM4

thusspakeblixa · 10-06-2008 9:17pm

that
or
this

mike65 · 10-06-2008 10:24pm

Ambient cool jazz for the late night vibes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shPx_sts8B8

Obviously the vast reverb is missing oh well.

Mike

Photi · 10-06-2008 10:27pm

Jazz Funk man...

Wait for it..

ash xxx · 10-06-2008 11:04pm

+1 for Jeff Buckley. I always find that the Eagles and Scott Matthews help me get through the wee hours of the morning

Doctor DooM · 10-06-2008 11:14pm

The Floyd, of course, as well.

thusspakeblixa · 10-06-2008 11:19pm

...And Sigur Ros
Or some experimental stuff... I had Mr.Bungles ''Disco Volante'' on the other night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onyCiIkoffw

Doctor DooM · 10-06-2008 11:22pm

thusspakeblixa wrote: »

...And Sigur Ros
Or some experimental stuff... I had Mr.Bungles ''Disco Volante'' on the other night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onyCiIkoffw

The Gathering too...

Dragan · 10-06-2008 11:23pm

thusspakeblixa wrote: »

...And Sigur Ros
Or some experimental stuff... I had Mr.Bungles ''Disco Volante'' on the other night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onyCiIkoffw

Oh hell yeah. Lately all the Explosions in the Sky albums have made it into my circulation.

Awesome music.

thusspakeblixa · 10-06-2008 11:25pm

Dragan wrote: »

Oh hell yeah. Lately all the Explosions in the Sky albums have made it into my circulation.

Awesome music.

There's nothin like the sound of ''Ma Meeshka Bow Wow'' at 3am

Aisling(",) · 10-06-2008 11:58pm

some good tunes but inevitably this is going to be out up

em i dont know how to get the embedding thing to work but it was insomnia by faithless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOy5LOsV6Vs

KnifeWRENCH · 11-06-2008 1:04am

I love listening to quieter, more relaxing music at night. Here are some of my fav. night time tunes:

Garbage - Milk
Garbage - Drive You Home
Massive Attack - Teardrop
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Siobhan Donaghy - Ghosts
Smashing Pumpkins - Crestfallen
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
Radiohead - All I Need
Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely
The Sugarcubes - Birthday
Bjork - All Is Full Of Love
Bjork - Joga
Bjork - Cocoon
Bat For Lashes - Horse And I
White Stripes - As Ugly As I Seem
White Stripes - In The Cold Cold Night

These are just off the top off my head! I'm sure there's loads more...

Creature · 11-06-2008 2:24am

Currently listening to Depeche Mode. And doing a good job it is

.

Also The Holy bible by the Manic Street Preachers sounds better at night. Don't ask me why.

Crumble Froo · 11-06-2008 5:23am

Photi wrote: »

Jazz Funk man...

Wait for it..

Oh, the double! That's even worse! Funk! Funk? Jazz's deformed cousin?!

hehe... but hmmm, night time music, i always prefer something i know off by heart already, and can (usually drunkenly) sing along to... Incubus, The Tea Party, Jeff Martin, The Doors, Elbow, Ride.... Nothing too heavy, just something i can chill and bob to.

thusspakeblixa · 11-06-2008 10:32am

Creature wrote: »

Also The Holy bible by the Manic Street Preachers sounds better at night. Don't ask me why.

+ 1
That gets a lot of play here at around 4 - 5 am

DJ_Spider · 11-06-2008 11:08am

While searching for Eylisum found this! It's called Kill The Ninja!
(WARNING: Strobe images!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODOcGNX_Rgs

Crumble Froo · 11-06-2008 1:26pm

duh! how did i not cop this earlier!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lrrHNZydAE

kate bush - nocturn

Fad · 11-06-2008 8:14pm

i find double albums are good at night (or quad if youre a thrice fan)

examples for me being:

Smashing Pumpkins: Mellen Collie and the Infinite Sadness
and conversly
Say Anything: In Defense of the Genre

night time means theres more time to listen to it, thus i ll liten to the whole thing

Doctor DooM · 11-06-2008 8:55pm

Listening to Release by Pearl Jam... Now that is a Nocturnal song.

thusspakeblixa · 14-06-2008 9:06pm

On the ''double albums'' topic-
Tonight on the Blixa-stereo (blixeo)
is New Orders' ''Substance 1987''
It's very very good. It has Blue Monday and True Faith but ''Ceremony'' is a very nocturnal song to me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-url7FON-Fk
and yes I know the Joy Division version is better....

Doctor DooM · 14-06-2008 9:17pm

Ziltoid the Omniscient by Devin Townsend for Me. Pure prog rock awesome.

Agent Smith · 14-06-2008 9:27pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2KwKGiBjs4

please rise for the anthem.....

thusspakeblixa · 14-06-2008 9:33pm

Agent Smith wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28TeUbYvXS0

please rise for the anthem.....

heh heh that is the king of all nocturnal tunes! I had forgotten it!

Dyr · 14-06-2008 10:19pm

I used to put the solaris soundtrack on shiffle/repeat to drown out the external noises that kept me awake

Or try this, do a search for "night" in yer media player et voila, nocturnal sountrack.

The children of the night, what sweet music they make

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